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"Over 7,100 troops, around 250 armored vehicles, some 50 cannons, up to 20 fighter jets and helicopters, and about 30 various warships" were involved in the exercise, said Defense Ministry press secretary Igor Konashenkov, according to Russia Today.

"Missile troops and artillery units of the Western Military District are in fact armed with Iskander operational and tactical missile systems," said Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry, to the Russian news agency Itar-Tass.